Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-12-09
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Castle about seventy deaths have oc
Cured in the town aud suburbs and
the Courant says the year of grace
1887. will go down to history as the
diphtheria year in that section of the
country. In various portions OF
Ohio, country city and towns are
alike suffering from the scourge Ii
is attributed to the long dry weather,
scarcity and consequent impurity Of
water
The Clarion county grand jury last
week, at the request of the court, con.
sidered the question OF granting liquor
licenses for the coming year, and re-
ported that licenses for the sale of Ii.
quor in the county are unnecessary
and uncalled for.
A jury at Warren, Ohio, gave Mrs.
Margaret Mueller $1,000 verdict
against Geo Clements, who has per-
sisted in selling liquor to her hus-
band.
Sharon merchants are complaining
of the presence of agents who are
selling holiday goods on the Install
ment plan.
Judge Turnkey of the Supreme
Court is said to be improving. He
is lying at hospital in London, and
underwent surgical operation for
catarrh.
Grove City College opened last
week with 220 scholars.
The Meadville Tribune says: mot
long ago Crawford county man had
his dog assessed and afterwards paid
tax on him. The dog got among
his owners sheep one night recently
and killed some of them. The man
reasoned to himself thus: l paid tax
on that dog and | had right to keep
him. If he had killed some other
mans sheep the county would have
paid for them. He killed mine, why
shouldn't the county pay me? So
reasoning, the farmer went out and
shot the dog and then presented the
bill to the Commissioners. A CON-
promise was effected"
A young gentleman in neighbor-
ing town who is very particular
about his washing wrote note to his
washer. woman and one to his sweet
heart. and, by strange fatality, put
the wrong address on each envelop
and sent them off. The washer wo-
man was well pleased at an invita-
tion to go to dance the next even
ing. but when the young lady read,
If you tumble up my shirt bosoms
any more, as you did the last time, |
will go somewhere else," she cried all
evening, and declared she would
never speak TO him again.
There has been no greater mystery
in this region than the terrible MUIR
der of Mrs Everhart and her mother,
Mrs Gilfillan, near Lickingville,
Clarion county, about two years ago
There have been suspicious enough,
whispered from lime to time, bu.
never any thing tangible to support
these suspicious On this subject the
Clarion Democrat of last week says:
1--WE are informed that the belief as
to the murderer OF Mrs. Everhart and
Mrs. GilfiIlaD, which has always ex-
listed in the neighborhood of the
crime, is constantly becoming more
widespread and that confession is
certainly among the future probabili-
ties.
The contest in regard to license or
no license is going on in Greenville
with more energy and bitterness on
both sides than were displayed last
year Under Judge Mebard's ruling
license will be granted or refused in
each case according to the number of
petitioner or remonstrants Every
person, male or female, not o minor,
and resident of the town, is permitted
to sign.
The young man who was arrested
at Foxburg last week for stealing an
overcoat at the Citizens Hotel had a
hearing at Kittanning last Wednes-
day, the evidence against him was
very strong and he was held for
Court on each charge iu $500 bail.
which be could not furnish, and is
now languis hing the white Ele-
phant."
Over two months ago a well dress
ed man, with engaging manners. made
bis appearance in New Castle and
began soldering subscriptions for
"BishOff s Uuited States Bank Note
Reporter, q monthly sheet issued
for the purpose of notifying the pub
lie of counterfeit money as quick as it
could be detected. The suave man.
ners of this gentlemanly agent secur-
ed him number of subscribers in
New Castle, who paid him one dol.
lar each for years issue of the pa
per. He finally took his departure.
and then one month rolled around, and
then another; but nothing was seen of
the paper At last Cal Allen, who
had invested dollar in the scheme
wrote a letter of inquiry to Bishoff, in
New York. A reply came stating
that Bisblf knew nothing oft except
that he was employed to revise the
sheet every mouth.
We think we have the best Sc
lected stock of Holiday Goods ever
brought to Butler.
We have the finest lines of muf1ers
and haDdkerchiefs to be found in the
city. Silks and linens in all styles
and prices.
We have dolls of every size. shape,
color and, what is best, at the very
lowest prices
We have penny dolls, French
Bisque dolls, rubber dolls, wax dolls.
china dolls, washable dolls, unbreaka-
BILE dolls. colored dolls, crying dolls,
patent dolls and common dolls. If
you want any other kind we will
order it for you.
We have toy books too, of all
kinds, scrap books, with scrap pic
lures, autograph albums, 5 and 10
cent story books, picture albums and
pocket books. they are empty though.
We have hand satchels, at from 25
cents to SO so in morocco, plush and
ha nd 5omp ones in alliDatOr skin In